Trouble updating ports

[Michael C. Shultz]

On Friday 25 March 2005 06:49 am, Nigel Moore wrote:
> Hello
>
> I've been trying to update the ports on a FreeBSD 5.3 install without
> success. I've just taken the standard ports-supfile, changed the
> default base to "/usr" and added my local cvsup mirror, but I get
> continual connection time-outs (transcript below).
>
> I've also tried other cvsup servers in Germany, the UK, as well as
> the central mirrors. Same deal across the board, and this has been
> going on for over a week.
>
> The machine is behind a firewall, but I've managed to download
> packages from the FreeBSD FTP server.
>
> Any pointers as to how to resolve this?
>
> Thanks
>
> N
See /etc/services, make sure port 5999 is open

-Mike